diff --git a/.github/workflows/record_repo_traffic.yml b/.github/workflows/record_repo_traffic.yml
index 546279e..bd698bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/record_repo_traffic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/record_repo_traffic.yml
@@ -30,4 +30,3 @@ jobs:
         default_author: github_actions
         message: "GitHub traffic"
         add: "./traffic/*"
-        ref: "traffic"  # commits to branch "traffic"